Robert Lewandowski makes Bundesliga history and Bayer Leverkusen and Schalke can't be beaten! It's the Matchday 16 stastistical breakdown
Robert Lewandowski created Bundesliga history, Bayer Leverkusen and Schalke maintained their unbeaten runs and RB Leipzig reach a Bundesliga milestone: we round up the week's notable numbers from a midweek Matchday 16.
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Sokratis scored his second goal of the season, the first of which he scored against Peter Stöger and the new Borussia Dortmund head coache’s former team, Cologne.
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For the first time in the 2017 calendar year, Freiburg have gone four matches unbeatean and in doing so, have collected 10 points in their last four games. The star of the show: Nils Petersen has scored four of Freiburg’s last five goals.
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Mark Uth has scored each of his last five goals after the 81st minute, and is therefore the most clinical goalscorer in the final quarter of games this season.
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Wolfsburg have not lost a Bundesliga home game under Martin Schmidt (two wins and five draws).
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Kyriakos Papadopoulos has scored seven of his eight Bundesliga goals with his head. And for the first time, it did not contribute to a win when the Greek international had scored (his teams had won all seven of the previous games he had scored in).
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Wolfsburg have shared the points in nine of twelve Bundesliga games under Martin Schmidt! No coach at any club in Bundesliga history has had a higher percentage of draws (under coaches with more than one game).
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Schalke are unbeaten in 10 Bundesliga games (five wins, five draws). It’s the club’s longest run without defeat within a season in almost 11 years.
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Aaron Hunt created 10 chances which lead to shots on goal against Eintracht Frankfurt (including Hamburg’s goal), which is a new league-wide season record.
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Bayer Leverkusen are unbeaten in 11 Bundesliga games (six wins, five draws), the longest run without defeat of any Bundesliga team. It’s the club’s longest run without defeat within a season for eight years.
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Eintracht Frankfurt are unbeaten in 11 games against Hamburg (six wins, five draws).
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Jordan Torunarigha scored his first goal of the season and the 12th Hertha Berlin goal to open the scoring – the highest amount in the Bundesliga this season.
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VfB Stuttgart have gone without an away win in the Bundesliga since 6 February, 201 (the last one a 4-2 win over Eintracht Frankfurt); none of the last 16 Bundesliga away matches have been won.
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Paul Verhaegh took his first penalty for Wolfsburg and has now scored 18 of his 20 Bundesliga penalties; it was his first goal fo the Wolves.
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Bayer Leverkusen have scored in 21 consecutive Bundesliga matches, the longest current streak in the Bundesliga and the longest for Leverkusen in 16 years (the second-longest in club history).
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Robert Lewandowski scored his 33rd Bundesliga goal in 2017 in his 33rd match – record maker-
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Marcel Halstenberg scored his first Bundesliga goal after 44 appearances.
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RB Leipzig played their 50th Bundesliga game against Wolfsburg, with 28 wins, 11 draws and 11 defeats.
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Franco Di Santo celebrated his 100th Bundesliga game with the opening goal against Augsburg.
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Robert Lewandowski scored his 166th Bundesliga goal against Cologne aund climbed into the Top 10 of the Bundesliga scoring charts in doing so.
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Niko Kovac made his 300th Bundesliga appearance against Hamburg (241 as a player and 59 as a coach).